Archipiélagos

A new generation of Dutch architecture is represented by the innovative works profiled here. This report on the work of Amsterdam-based partners Felix Claus and Kees Kaan focuses on their numerous projects designed for public and private clients between 1988 and 1996. Firmly rooted in the Dutch tradition, yet highly tuned to new cultural currents, their contribution to design in Holland, both as architects and teachers, is significant.

Una nueva manera de entender el espacio arquitectónico y urbano ha emergido en las últimas décadas, como base para superar el Movimiento Moderno y la teoría Posmoderna, arrancando la teoría y práctica de arquitectura y urbanismo del estancamiento en que se mueven con propuestas repetitivas, formalistas y de supuesto significado inmediato, como respuestas propias del simulacro de modernidad y sujetas a las formas mercantiles de producción de la ciudad y la edificación. El pseudo racionalismo de la acaparación por la arquitectura y la edificación de los estilos del Movimiento Moderno, ...

The book Did Someone Say Participate? has been published by the MIT Press in the year 2006. dpr-barcelona going on with it's philosophy to share interesting contents with our readers and having noticed that this amazing book talks about the most actual and contemporary topics (as it is participation and social projects with personal involvement, looking for a chance to make radical change in today’s cities) has decided to translate and distribute the book all over the world, especially in Latin America and Spain, to bring all Spanish-speakers the chance to get to know all the great projects ...